Housekeeping! | Solo Mission!

Skye finally decided his time in Magnolia should finally come to an end. Out of all the jobs he managed to grab, it seemed that he picked one up that was located quite far, in Clover town. He didn't plan on walking this one, it honestly wasn't worth all his energy just for this.. 'housekeeping' job. He decided that taking the train straight to Clover station would be the best course of action. He didn't bring much stuff with him, just a backpack with a blanket strapped on top along with his celestial keys. He preferred travelling light, it leaves you with more energy rather than being tired from lugging around a heavy bag all day. Sitting himself on the train, he sat alone trying to find some time to get some shut-eye. Taking one last look at the job request, Skye fell asleep as the train made its way to Clover.

A sudden stop to the train shook Skye awake, peering out the window he could barely make out a sign that read "Clover Station." With the sudden realisation and an announcement saying doors were about to close, Skye jumped up slipping his bag on, sliding right between the doors before they shut. "I've always got luck on my side, phew!" he said, wiping away the sweat on his forehead. "Now, all I gotta do is find this guys house. I sure hope he didn't leave already!" He looked around, searching for an exit to the station, however a man holding up a sign with Skye's name written on it caught his eye. Approaching the man, Skye questioned if that was meant for him. After assessing the situation and showing his client the flyer, they came to a conclusion that they were the two meant to meet here. He seemed to have suitcases and luggage of his own resting beside him, meaning Skye had caught him last minute before he left for vacation. "Here, take this bug zapper with you, it will help with the flies. Thank you so much, here are the jewels in advance, I trust you!" With that the man rushed to board the train on the opposite side of the track from where Skye's train just was. With the two departed so suddenly, Skye made his way out of the station, using directions he was handed to find this guys house.

It only took him a few minutes to realise from the outside, his house looked perfectly fine, from the front at least. The inside might be a different story, but Skye wouldn't know until he entered. Creeping through the door, a drop of water landed on his head almost immediately, startling him. "Gah, what the heck! I guess there's the leak..."

He waited around for the dog, but he never appeared. Maybe today was his lucky day, twice in one day! Picking up the bug zapper, Skye had no clue how to handle it. Flipping on the own switch, it seemed to be powered by some sort of high current electrical lacrima, which Skye easily concluded after poking it with his finger. "Yup, this should do, I guess." Flipping the lights off to the house kind of spooked him out, the dim blue light was the only source of vision for him, it reminded him of some sort of horror movie, which he never settled good with after watching. Setting it on a table directly under where he believed the main house light was he quickly scattered back, hoping the flies would get buzzed and fall dead and finally leave this house in peace. He sat there in darkness for hours, watching one or two flies go towards the lamp slowly, killing themselves off one by one. It was working, but so slowly. He didn't want to just leave a bunch of fly corpses for when his client returned, so he had no choice but to wait for the flies to all die before cleaning them up.

Using this time for a little more nap time, he fell asleep almost immediately only to wake up hours later to find a larger pile of flies lying on the table. "That's fricken gross. So many." Flicking the lights back on quickly and grabbed a garbage back and quickly swiped the pests in, tying it securely before throwing it out back. He figured he would stick around a day or two, see if anything else arose. But for now, his job was done.


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